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13,000 people don't have power in rochester, new york. another foot could fall tonight. pope francis is allowing all priests to ab solve women who have abortions. the pope says abortion is a grave sin but, quote, there is no sin god's mercy cannot wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with god. anne thompson joins us now from msnbc headquarters in new york. what's is significance of this? talk about the timing, too. >> this is an extension of something pope francis allowed during the year of mercy which just ended on sunday. he said it was in the catholic church ...

There is no change here. what doesn't change is the church's position on abortion. let me read from the pope's letter today. he said i wish to restate that abortion is a good afternoon sin since it puts an end to an innocent life. in the same way, however, i can and must state there is no sin that god's mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with the father. this is all part of his mission to open the doors wide to the church and emphasize its merciful and loving face. andrea? >> oh, anne, that's fascinating. thank you very much for telling us...

And must state that there is no cynthia god's mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with the holy father. >> we've just ended this year of mercy, and the pope has said, you know what? we can't just put mercy into a year, we have to extend it. so he granted priests to be able to absolve abortion just for that year, and he said, no, it's going to be everywhere for all time. it's just kind of widening the circle more and more. and again, he's living up to this barrier breaker pope. >> and for those who don't know a lot about the catholic faith, ...

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